Editing Genuine progress indicator (section)

==Development in Finland==
The GPI time-series 1945 to 2011 for Finland have been calculated by [[Statistics Finland]]. The calculation closely followed the US methodology. The results show that in the 1970s and 1980s economic growth, as measured by GDP, clearly increased welfare, measured by the GPI. After the economic recession of the early-1990s the GDP continued to grow, but the GPI stayed on a lower level. This indicates a widening gap between the trends of GDP and GPI that began in the early-1990s. In the 1990s and 2000s the growth of GDP has not benefited the average Finn. If measured by GPI, sustainable economic welfare has actually decreased due to environmental hazards that have accumulated in the environment. The Finnish GPI time series<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/84610133/Energy-and-material-flows|title=Energy and material flows|work=Docstoc.com}}</ref> have been updated by Dr Jukka Hoffrén at Statistics Finland.

Within EU's Interreg IV C FRESH Project (Forwarding Regional Environmental Sustainable Hierarchies) GPI time-series were calculated to Päijät-Häme, Kainuu and South-Ostrobotnia (Etelä-Pohjanmaa) regions in 2009–2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paijat-hame.fi/easydata/customers/paijathame/files/ph_liitto/tiedottaa/gpi-report_eng_nettiin.pdf |title=MEASURING SUSTAINABLE WELL-BEING ON SUB-NATIONAL LEVEL WITH GENUINE PROGRESS INDICATOR (GPI) IN FINLAND |access-date=2012-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105223221/http://www.paijat-hame.fi/easydata/customers/paijathame/files/ph_liitto/tiedottaa/gpi-report_eng_nettiin.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-05 }}</ref> During 2011 these calculations were completed with GPI calculations for the Lappland, Northern Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa) and Central-Ostrobothnia (Keski-Pohjanmaa) regions.